Preserving goblet



(No Model.)

A. RODER.

PRESERVING GOBLET, TUMBLER, 8:0. No. 375,955. Patented Jan. 3, 1888.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLPHE RODER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PRESERVING GOBLET, TUMBLER, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,955, dated January3, 1888.

Application filed June 18, 1887. Serial No, 241,812. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADOLPHE RODER, of

Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Preserviug Goblets,Tumblers, 820.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to furnish improved preserving goblets,tumblers, or pots made of glass, stone, porcelain, or kindrednon-metallic, material, and with such characteristics as to theirconstruction and their covers that besides having superior advantagesfor insuring the more complete filling or refilling of the same to.exclude the air, they shall also when filled better tend to keep thecontents in good condition for a long time.

The invention relates to the vessel itself and to the special characterof its impervious cover, and to the means of connecting them togetherfor the protection of the contents of the vessel.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents by way of illustration one form ofvessel filled and covered in accordance with my invention, it beingunderstood that the general form, as also the size, may be varied asdesired. Fig. 2 shows one of the vessels of a somewhat different formbefore being filled or covered, and Fig. 3 a longitudinal centralsection of Fig. 2.

The vessel A (which is never of tin or of other metal or of corrosivematerial liable to be affected by the contents, and thereby to injurethem or render them unsafe for food) should have, as customary, a largeopening at the top, and also is specially made with a small opening, a,in the bottom, which, after the vessel is substantially filled and itscover B, presently to be described, properly applied, allows the readyexpulsion of any air or gases remainingin the vessel and a ready meansfor filling up any unoccupied space with more pickling materiahor moreof the material to be preserved, and this without loosening or removingthe cover or making any hole in it to be afterward patched up again.hen, as shown, (and as I prefer,) the lower portion of the chamber ofthe vessel is made somewhat tapering or of gradually-diminishing size,similar in form to the ordinary glass goblets, it will be seen with whatcertainty a person after filltop (the opening a being ing the vessels atthe closed) can see and know of course previously whether they arecompletely filled by inverting them after the cap or covering has beenpermanently attached to the vessels top, and then by putting in morepickle or material, if needed, through a to completely fill it. Anappropriate cork or tight plug, 0, is then reinserted in the opening a,and for still greater security this plug 0 should be sealed with wax orcement, as at d, or with anything which will prevent any escape throughthis cork or plug. This provision for supplementing the filling afterthe cover is fastened on is of great im portance, as it is well knownthat certain ar' ticles-such as onions, for instance-will absorb or soakup the liquid, and thus leave more or less of a vacancy, which should befilled, and which my invention permits. \Vith certain articles-such assardines-I find it desirable to refill, as above, in two or three daysafter filling and closing the vessel. The vessel has a base or stand, 6,the lowermost line of which is below that of the opening a, so that thisbase not only-prevents the contact of the cork or its seal with theshelf or table on which the vessel maybe placed, but it also surroundsand protects it during all handling or transportation. Should there atany time appear through any of the vessels any indication that thecontents of such vessel may not have been properly packed, the cork orplug 0 may be easily withdrawn, the vessel filled to the exclusion ofair, and the error be thus cor rected, no removal, loosening, ordisturbance of the cover 13 being required. The vessel is made with anannular groove, f, or with two annular ridges, g h, near its top toafford a sunken annular space between them, for a purpose presently tobe described. Sometimes the'upper ridge alone may be sufficient.

I shall now describe the character of the cover B and the means I havedevised for securing it to place by means of a tighteningwire, I, or atwine put on when wet, so that there is no liability of the coveringgetting loose and no possibility of the wire or twine accidentallyslipping either upward or downward away from the covering, and I wouldhere incidentally remark that by these means I can dispense with allneed of soldering, cementing, or otherwise fastening the cover to thevessel, the binding or confining cord or wire being so applied as toclamp the flexible cover to the vessel to any required degree oftightness. I employ for the cover B, first, a parchment paper, or aprepared paper of substantially equivalent character, and put it onwhile wet, so that it may make a snug close-fitting covering whenfastened downby a twine, which binds it below the ridgeg on the vesselor in the groove f between the two ridges g and h. Then paint or varnishthis covering, in order to make it more perfectly impervious to air ormoisture. This cover can be tightly secured to any desired degree whenbeing put on by means of the binding-twine surrounding the cover nearits edges, such twine tying it below the ridge 9 or in the groove f. Thetwine should be wet before tying, and in drying it will contract andhold the cover still tighter.

In some cases, instead of painting or varnishing the prepared paper, Icoat it with paraffine and olive-oil put on warm, and then cover it witha stout tin-foil cap and tie up, as before, with wire, which preferablyshould be tinned wire. Sometimes Iplace over the prepared paper the samecoating of warmed paraffine and olive-oil, and instead of the stouttin-foil cap use a fine tin-foil over this coating, and then cover thewhole with a bladder and paint or varnish this bladder. Thefine tinfoilin this case is designed to prevent the odor from the bladder frompossibility of reaching or affecting the contents of the vessel. \Vhenthe thicker tin-foil caps are used, the finer tinfoil and the varnish orpaint are not needed. In no caseis the thin tin foil or the thickertinfoil cap to be painted or varnished, nor is the paraffine coating tobe painted or varnished. Paraffine will not take on paint, and thetinfoil is not strong enough to hold paint. The

tinned wire is used instead of twine when the bladder or the stouttin-foil caps are employed in the covering, because it can be so readilytightened by twisting its ends by means of pliers or be otherwisesecured to force these covers to place and hold them properly in thegroove or space beneath the ridge 9 on the vessel. 'Whiehever describedvariation of cover is used, it is always fastened by twine, cord, orwire in the groove of the glass rim or under the rib g. It will now beseen that While I furnish a desirable hermeticallyrsealed package and atthe same time avoid all metallic contact with the preserved articles,and af ford every reasonable protection against their being damaged byimperfect filling, or by after contraction, or by the admission of air,I also provide, by reason of the described novel eonstruction of thebottom of the vessel, a simple and effective means for adding morepickle or preserves without disturbing the cover; and I also avoid alluse of vulcanized rubber or other bands or rings, tin tops,screw-tops,cork tops, and cementing material.

1. A vessel of glass or equivalent material for preserving articles offood, made with an open top provided with an annular ridge or groove forsecuring upon it a cover, as described, and provided also with a smallopening at its bottom adapted for a closing cork or plug, allsubstantially as set forth.

2. In combination with a glass or equivalent non-metallic goblet or jarhaving a closable opening in its bottom, as set forth, a top coverapplied as set forth and composed of parchment-paper or its describedequivalent.

3. In combination with a glass or equivalent nou-metallicpreserving-vessel made with an open top and with an opening in thebottom, a top cover applied and held thereto, as

described, and composed of parchment-paper having superposed thereonother protecting material, as specifically above set forth.

ADOLPl-IE RODER.

Witnesses:

GEO. XV. Jonnsnn, FRED STEINHARDT.

